Going beyond the standards set by FEMA, risk reduction for buildings, communities and their critical infrastructure is fast becoming a major focus of planning and design practice. Increasingly severe weather events have made clear the impacts on a growing scale and the need to plan ahead for resilient design adapted to climate change. The program covers climate change basics that designers need to understand in order to address projects at the scale of buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. Instructors will introduce regional infrastructure measures to reduce risk and improve resilience in the face of storm surge, increased rainfall, sea level rise, and other threats.